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TIIK MONUMENT 
l^rtH-tfd at Culix'pcr, V;i . , by the State of Peunsylvauia 



REPORT 



OF THE 



Culpeper Virginia Monument 
Commission 

OF PENNSYLVANIA 



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HARRISBURG, PA.: 

WM. STANLEY RAY. STATE PRINTER 

1914 






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NOV 16 ll:^ 



LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



To His Excellency, John K. Tener, Governor of Pennsylvania: 

Sir : The undersigned, appointed November 10th, 1909, a Com- 
mission of the State of Pennsylvania to erect, a suitable monu- 
ment in the National Cemetery, at Culpeper, Virginia, to the 
memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers buried therein, have the 
honor to present this as their final report. 

S. W. HILL, 

CHAS. H. WORMAN, 

F. F. ROHM, 

Culpeper, \'irginia, Monument Commissioners of Pennsylvania. 



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HISTORY OF ORIGIN OF APPROPRIATION FOR 
CULPEPER, VIRGINIA, MONUMENT. 



East Chicago, Ind., Dec. 2nd, 1912. 
Colonel S. W. Hill, 

President, Culpeper, Virginia, Monument Commission, 
Bellevtte, Pa. 

Dear Sir : Repl3qng to your communication under date of No- 
vember 30th, in reference to giving you history of the legislation 
in connection with appropriation for the Culpeper, Virginia, 
Monument, beg to state that during the session of 1907, I re- 
ceived a communication from Colonel Burrows, who was a Con- 
federate soldier, then located in Homestead, Pa., asking me 
whether I would introduce a bill for a monument in memory of 
tlie Pennsylvania soldiers, who were buried in Culpeper, Va. 

In reply I wrote him stating that I would be pleased to intro- 
duce a bill covering such an appropriation, and asked him to 
kindly have the bill drafted and sent to me. Upon receipt of the 
bill I found that he had not stipulated the amount necessary for 
the monument, but prior to my receiving an answer to my com- 
munication I was compelled to introduce the bill, and asked for 
an appropriation of $20,000.00. 

In the meantime I received a communication from Colonel 
Burrows, stating that he thought that $5,000.00 would be ample 
for a monument in the National Cemetery. I then had to go 
before the appropriation committee and was fortunate in getting 
the bill through for $8,000.00, as money in the State Treasury 
was limited, it was necessary to cut appropriation bills. I was 
fortunate in having the bill passed through the House and Sen- 
ate and signed with the rest of the appropriation bills, but when 
it came to the Governor's signature, out of the many bills that 
had been passed for monuments, he signed five, vetoing the re- 
mainder, due to the fact that they did not have money enough 

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to cover the more important appropriation l)ills, but I believe the 
one reason which the Governor had for signing this bill was due 
to tlie fact that it had been presented by a Confederate soldier. 
After the l)ill had been signed by the Governor on June 13th, 
1907, the Governor then found that the commission was to be the 
Governor of the State, the Auditor Genera), and at this time 
I cannot remember the other members of the committee. 

This was unusual and a mistake, as the bill should have read, 
givino- the Governor power to appoint a commission. As the 
tiovcrnor could not give the time to the execution of this work, 
we had to defer the l)ill until the next Legislature of 1909, and 
have the bill amended, giving the (lOA'ernor the power to ai)p()int 
a commission. 

It is not necessary for me to dwell upon the ability of this 
commission, as the monument itself speaks in the way this com- 
mission has carried out their obligation. 

I regret very much that I cannot find in my files, the letter 
which Colonel Burrows wrote to me and which I was al)le to 
show the Governor in behalf of signing this measure, hut 1 feel 
quite sure if there is any credit due for this bill passing through 
the I'ennsylvania Legislature, it is due to Colonel Burrows. 

1 shall be pleased if I can add anything further to the history 
of the passing of this bill, and beg to remain, 
Very truly yours, 

C. J. MESTA. 



NO. 551. APPROVED MAY 13TH, 1909. 



An Act to amend an act, entitled "An act making an appropria- 
tion for the erection of a suitable monument, in the National 
Cemetery at Culpeper, Virginia, to the memory of the Penn- 
sylvania soldiers of the Civil War buried therein," approved 
the thirteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine 
hundred and seven. 

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That the sum of eight thousand 
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is here- 
by appropriated for the purpose of erecting a suitable monument 
in the National Cemetery, at Culpeper, Virginia, to the memory 
of the Pennsylvania soldiers buried therein ; and that the Gov- 
ernor. Secretary of th.e Commonwealth, and the Secretary of In- 
ternal Affairs be and they are hereby authorized and empowered 
to take the necessary steps to carry out, as speedily as possible, 
the provisions of this act," be amended to read as follows : — 
. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That the sum of eight thousand 
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby 
appropriated for the purpose of erecting a suitable monument in 
the National Cemetery, at Culpeper, Virginia, to the memory 
of the Pennsylvania soldiers buried therein ; and that the Gover- 
nor is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a commis- 
sion of three persons to take the necessary steps to carry out, as 
speedily as possible, the provisions of this act : Provided, That 
the sum of eight thousand dollars appropriated by the act of June 
thirteenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, hereby 
amended, be made available to meet the provisions of this act. 
Approved— The 13th day of May, A. D. 1909. 

EDWIN S. STUART, 

Governor. 



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Governor Edwiu S. Stuart, Who Appointed tht' Commission. 



Harrisl)urg, Pa., 

December 28, 1909. 
Colonel S. W. Hill, 

Pittsburgh, Penna. 

My dear Sir: I am writing you this letter in compliance with 
your verbal inquiries concerning the appropriation to the Com- 
mission to erect a monument in the National Cemetery at Cul- 
peper, Virginia, in memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers buried 
there. 

I note that the appropriation is in the sum of $8,000 "for the 
purpose of erecting a suitable monument in the National Ceme- 
tery at Culpeper, Va." No other appropriation is made by this 
Act, and I believe the wording of the Act is broad enough to in- 
clude all absolutely necessary collateral expenses of the Commis- 
sion incurred in the work of preparing plans, drawing contracts 
and erecting the statue itself. As the appropriation is made for 
the purpose of erecting a statue, it would be absurd to hold that 
the money cannot be used for any purpose other than to pay for 
the bare statue itself. So to hold would be to prevent the erec- 
tion of the statue. I am therefore of the opinion that collateral 
expenses, as above set forth may be paid out of this appropria- 
tion; such collateral exper.ses, of course, including the absolutely 
necessary traveling expenses of the members of the commission. 
As soon as the commission is organized, you will please have 
the Secretary certify the names of the officers to us. When 
any contract is let, give us a certified copy of the contract ; when 
plans and specifications are accepted, give us certified copies of 
them, also. 

Herewith I am handing you the blank forms that will be neces- 
sary in drawing the money from the State Treasury. I presume 
the most convenient way of drawing this money is to have you 
furnish us with a signed voucher on "C-Form-13," all the vouch- 
ers being listed on a Summary Requisition, "C-Form-Z^." If 
you find it impossible to get the vouchers signed before the 
money is actually paid over, we may be able to make some other 
arrangement, but this is the easiest method. You will note that 

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the Requisition at the head of "C-Form-7^" must be signed by 
the Treasurer of the Commission and the worcHng of such Re- 
quisition should l)c changed to suit the character of the Com- 
mission. 

I think, so far as regards the personal expenses of the Com- 
mission, it would be best for each member to turn his signed 
voucher over to the Treasurer, and let the Treasurer draw the 
money along with the money to cover other expenses. Money 
may be drawn out of the appropriation from time to time accord- 
ing to the necessities of the case. 

Please note that in charging for traveling expenses, this De- 
partment requires that the vouchers show the name of the rail- 
road upon which the traveling is done, the stations of arrival and 
departure, and the number of miles traveled, and that hotel bills 
should be covered by receipts attached to the form of voucher. 
All other expenses for which it is convenient to get a receipt 
should also be covered by such receipts. 

We shall be glad at any time to answer any questions that you 
have to ask upon the subject of these accounts. 
Very truly yours, 

T. A. CRICHTON, 

Deputy Auditor General. 



Pennsylvania at Gulpepcr. 11 



MEETINGS AND ITINERARY OF THE CULPEPER. 
VIRGINIA, MONUMENT COMMISSION. 

TlUi Commission met by appointment on December 29th, 1909, 
at Harrisburg, Pa., and organized by electing S. W. Hill, 
Chairman, Chas. H. Worman, Treasurer, and F. F. Rohm, 
Secretary. 

The Commission, after deliberation, proceeded to Washington, 
D. C, and established a working agreement with the Quarter- 
Master General of the United States Army in charge of the Na- 
tional Cemetery at Culpeper, Va. 

The next day the Commission proceeded to Culpeper, Va., with 
a letter from the Quarter-Master General, U. S. A., to the Super- 
intendent of the National Cemetery for the selection of the site 
for the proposed monument. 

Proposals for design and erection of monument were asked in 
the following advertisement published in daily papers of Phila- 
delphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh, Pa. 

PROPOSALS. 

Culpeper^ Va., Monument Commission of State of Pennsylvania. 

(Under the provisions of Act of Assembly of Pennsylvania, No. 

551, approved May 13, 1909). 

Philadelphia, Pa., April 1, 1910. 

Sealed proposals, endorsed on envelope "Proposals for Erec- 
tion of Monument by State of Pennsylvania, in the U. S. Na- 
tional Cemetery, Culpeper, Va.,' will be received in Philadelphia, 
Pa., at Room '544, City Hall, until noon of May 5, 1910, when 
they will be opened by the undersigned commission. 

No name or mark of identification shall appear on any en- 
velope or drawing, but the name of the author and the proposal 
shall be enclosed in a separate opaque envelope sealed with wax. 

Said proposals will cover the complete cost of design, excava- 
tion to a good and sufficient foundation. The ground at the ceme- 
tery is a clay soil, 18 inches is below frost line, moisture pene- 
trates to three feet, excavation should be not less than four feet. 
Monument to be erected thereon, four bronze tablets with such 
inscriptions cast thereon as the commission shall later decide as 



12 Pciiiisi/lrfDiia <il Culpeper. 

in harmony with the design submitted, also one bronze tablet of 
the Coat of Arms of Pennsylvania, same as has been customary 
on moiumicnts erected by the State of Pennsylvania, all tablets 
to be neatly countersunk on the stone, set in strong concrete mor- 
tar of one part best Portland cement and four parts clean sharp 
sand, and then secured by jiroper expansion screw bolts. 

Material to be granite and bronze. 

Each bidder will furnish his own design on a scale of f inch 
equals 12 inches, and specify the time the monument shall be 
completed. 

Photographic \icws of the location of the monument will be 
furnished by any of the commissioners to intending l:)idders. 

Bidders will specify the kind of granite and the formula of 
composition of bronze. 

Designs and ])roposals cannot be entertained that exceed a cost 
of $7,000, which shall include cost of removal of waste material, 
cleaning up and resodding the ground. 

Proposals shall be accompanied by a certified check in the 
sum of five per cent, of the amount of the proposal, as security 
that the bidder to whom the award is made shall promptly fur- 
nish a surety company bond, to be approved by the Commission, 
in the sum of $3,500, or fifty per cent, of the contract price, and 
sign a contract that shall embody the necessary specifications for 
carrying out the proposals. 

The Commission reser^•es the right to reject any or all bids. 

S. W. HILL, 

CHAS. H. WORMAN, 

F. F. ROPIM, 

Commission. 



May 5th, 1910, the Commission met at Philadelphia to receive 
proposals for the monument. Bids were received from four 
firms. The designs were many and beautiful and the following 
firms were represented : 

The Van Amringe Ciranite Co., of Boston, Mass. 

Tlic Harrison Bro. Ciranite Co., of New York. 

The Smith Granite Co., of Westerly, R. L 

The Forbes (Iranite Co., of Chambersburg, Pa. 

May 12th, 1910, after carefully inspecting the different designs, 
the Commission awarded the contract to the Smith Granite Com- 
pany of Westerly, R. L The design is a pyramid of rough and 
hammered Westerly Granite, thirteen feet at base, and four feet 
at top with a polished ball of the same material five feet in dia- 



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meter surmounting it the whole to l)e 28 feet, 6 inches, in 
height, each side having a bronze tablet of Keystone design to 
contain such inscriptions as the Commission shall provide. The 
entire cost of the monument when completed not to exceed seven 
thousand dollars. 

On July 2Gth, 1910, after going over the papers and data in 
their possession, the Commission in company with Mr. Shenton, 
representing the Smith Granite Co., went to the Quarter Master 
General's Department, at Washington, D. C, and submitted de- 
signs and proposals for consideration and approval. Having 
located the site for the monument December 29th, 1909, they 
asked permission to have the foundation erected which was 
granted after consultation with the civil engineer in charge of 
such matters. 

April 6th, 1911, the Commission met at Harrisburg, Pa., and 
appeared before the Appropriation Committee of the House of 
Representati-ves and asked for twenty-five hundred dollars to 
defray the expense of dedicating the monument which sum was 
granted. 

May 6th 1912, the Commission visited the War Department, 
and made arrangements to have one of the engineers of the De- 
partment inspect the monument before accepting it from the 
Smith Granite Company. The inspection of the monument by 
civil engineer, Mr. E. G. Mitchell, showed that the bronze tab- 
lets were not properly recessed nor secured. The Commission, 
therefore, required of the contractor that the four tablets be 
taken down, the recesses recut, the tablets replaced and firmly 
secured in place. 

At a meeting of the Commission held in Philadelphia, July 
26th, 1912, Mr. W. S. Martin, Secretary and General Manager 
of the Smith Granite Company agreed to comply with our re- 
quirements. They later faithfully completed the monument to 
the satisfaction of the Quarter Master General of the U. S. Army 
in charge of Culpeper National Cemetery. 

September 16th, 1912, the Commission proceeded to Culpeper 
for a final inspection of the monument and to make arrange- 
ments for the dedication. The monument proved to be very 
satisfactory and beautiful, and was accepted from the Smith 
Granite Company as a very fine piece of workmanship, and Oc- 
tober the 17th was .set for its dedication. 



COPY OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE SMITH 
GRANITE COMPANY. 



This Memorandum of an .\grecmcnt, made at Philadelphia, 
this 12th day of May, 1910, by and between The Smith Granite 
Company, a corporation, of Westerly, Rhode Island, party of the 
iirst part, and S. W. Hill, 25 Preston Ave., Bellevue, Pa., Charles 
H. Worman, 1510 Diamond St., Philadelphia, Pa., F. F. Rohm, 
2033 Green St., Harrisburg-, Pa., a commission called The Cul- 
peper, Va., Monument Commission of State of Pennsylvania, 
created under the provisions of Act of Assembly of Pennsylvania. 
No.551, approved May 13th, 1909, party of the second part. 

Witnesseth : The party of the first part hereby agrees to fur- 
nish deliver, and erect, in accordance with plans, specifications, 
and drawings submitted by the party of the first part, and ac- 
cepted by the party of the second part, in the U. S. National 
Cemetery, Culpepper, Va., on location provided by party of the 
second part, a granite monument, sample submitted, and or- 
namented with bronze panels, as per formula required, all com- 
plete upon foundation 'provided by party of the first part, by 
Sei)tember 1st, 1910. 

And in Consideration of the faithful performance of the fore- 
going, the said party of the second part hereby agrees to pay to 
the party of the first part, the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars 
($7,000) within fifteen days after completion of this contract. 

THE SMITH GRANITE COMPANY, 

W. S. Martin, Secy. 
S. W. HILL, 

CHARLES H. WORMAN, 
F.' F. ROHM,' 

The Culpeper Virginia Monument Commission 
of the State of Pennsylvania. 



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SPECIFICATIONS. 



Specifications for the Material and Workmanship required in the 

erection and completion of a Granite Monument in the 

U. S. National Cemetery, Culpeper, Va., 

on site to be designated later. 



The whole to be erected in strict accordance with blue print 
elevation drawn to f inch scale and water color perspective here- 
with submitted, and all work to be done in such manner that it 
will not in any way conflict with the rules and regulations of the 
National Cemetery. 

The elevation, water color, and these specifications are in- 
tended to be co-operative, and anything shown on elevations or 
water color and not mentioned or described in these specifications 
is to be performed. Figures on elevations govern where shown 
and where not shown all details shall be worked out according 
to scale. 

The elevation, water color, and specifications are intended to 
and do call for a first class piece of work in every particular and 
shall be so interpreted throughout. 

When the full size working drawings are made, they" shall be 
worked out in strict accordance with the scale drawings. 



Excavation and Foundation. 

All excavation for foundation shall be made in accordance with 
the rules and ordinances of the U. S. National Cemetery, and 
shall be to a depth of five (5) feet, or as required by the Super- 
intendent of the Cemetery. 

The foundation shall be built of 1-3-5 concrete, or of suitable 
size building stone and good cement mortar, one part Portland 
cement and three parts good, clean, sharp sand, each stone to be 
laid solid and each course to be grouted with thin cement. If 
of concrete, to be thoroughly mixed and well rammed down, 
proportions of cement, sand and stone as per the regulations of 
the National Cemetery, of Culpeper, Va. The foundation shall 
be 13 feet square on top, and shall taper from 15 feet square at 
bottom and be brought to a proper level to receive the bottom 
base of the monument. 



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(Iranite Work. 



Tlie monument is to consist of seventeen (17) pieces, con- 
structed in courses or sections as clearly shown by elevations 
and perspective drawings, of. Pink Veined Westerly Granite, as 
per sample submitted with this proposal ; the bottom base to con- 
sist of four (4) pieces, all exposed surfaces to be fine hammered. 
The inside lines of the sloping wash on the top will be brought to 
a proper size to receive the first course of the main shaft. 

The shaft of this monument will be finished in what is known 
as rock faced work ; all beds and joints shall be full and out of 
wind and have good bearings on four sides. 

The shaft shall taper in good proportion to the top, where it 
will be surn.iounted by a five foot Pink Westerly Granite polished 
l)all. 

All the granite work shall be set in Stainless Portland Cement 
or its equal, and shall be well clamped together with bronze 
clamps. 

The ball will be held in place by granite tenon set into the stone 
upon which it rests, and securely fastened by the use of stainless 
cement. 

The first course above the bottom base will bear on its face 
a bronze coat of arms of the State of Pennsylvania. On the 
four faces of the structure, in positions shown by elevation and 
water color, will be fastened bronze panels in shape of the key- 
stone to receive such lettering in raised letters, as will be required 
by the commission. All the tablets to be neatly countersunk on 
the stone and then secured by proper expansion screw bolts. 
The composition of these panels will be the U. S. standard of 
909< copper, 5% tin, and 5% zinc. 

Arbitration. 

Should any disagreement or difference of opinion arise as to 
the meaning of any of the terms of this agreement or the carry- 
ing out of the specifications in the erection of this monument, it 
is hereby mutually agreed that the matter at issue shall be re- 
ferred to a Board of Arbitration, constituted by each party here- 
to choosing a disinterested party, these two arbitrators to select 
a third party in case they cannot agree. 

The judgment of a majority of such Board of Arbitration to 
i)e rendered without delay and be binding on both parties. 

In General. 

The work when completed at the ([uarries shall be carefully 
boxed to prevent breakage in shipi)ing and handling, and the 
monument is to be erected in charge of a competent setter. 



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After the work has been set, it shall be properly jointed up 
with a bead jointer, thoroughly washed down, and left in perfect 
condition. All rubbish shall be removed from the site and taken 
to a proper place of deposit and the lot left in good condition and 
sodded in places where necessary to leave it in as good shape as 
found. 

This monument can be completed in National Cemetery at Cul- 
peper by September 1st, 1910. 

The structure when completed will be thirteen (13) feet square 
on the ground and stand twenty-eight (28) feet six (6) inches 
high over all, and will cost complete, in accordance with speci- 
fications, plans and requirements of Commission Seven Thou- 
sand Dollars ($7,000.00). 

Corrections made on page two before signing. 

THE SMITH GRANITE COMPANY, 

W. S. Martin, Secy. 
S. W. HILL, 

CHARLES H. WORM AN, 
F. F. ROHM, 

The Culpeper Virginia, Monument Commission, 
of State of Pennsylvania. 



18 Pennsijlvania at Culpeper. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE CULPEPER, 
VIRGINIA, MONUMENT. 

Tl IK monument erected in the National Cemetery at Culpeper, 
Va., by the State of Pennsylvania in memory of the soldiers 
who lie buried there in known and unknown graves, is com- 
posed of seventeen pieces of Westerly Granite, the total height is 
twenty-eight feet, six inches, its weight is 321,200 pounds. 

It is built in pyramidal form, thirteen feet square at the base, 
diminishing to four feet at the top of the shaft, surmounted by 
a polished ball on the apex five feet in diameter, this in turn rests 
upon a cradle with a solid eight inch tenon set in concrete. The 
base has cut faces bushed up with hammer, the various courses of 
stone between the top of the base to the top of the cradle is rock 
faced with marginal drafts up the corners. Great care was 
exercised in having a uniform projection of the rock face re- 
ferred to. 

The shaft is built of pink veined Westerly Granite, the polished 
ball is of the same granite. On each of the four sides there is 
a bronze keystone in the form of a raised panel 6-4 by 6-9 over 
all, the aggregate weight of the four being 3,200 pounds. Above 
the base on the South face of the shaft there is also a bronze 
])anel, customary with Pennsylvania monuments, containing the 
Coat of Arms of Pennsylvania. The South side panel contains 
the dedication to the memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers who 
are buried there, the North panel the inscription of the Act of 
Asseml)ly under which the Commission which was in charge of 
the erection of the monument was created. The West side panel 
contains the names, companies and regiments and grave numl)er 
of the soldiers who are interred in the cemetery, the East side 
panel has the engagements and skirmishes in and around the 
vicinity within ten miles of Culpeper, between the Rappahannock 
and the Rapidan. 

The foundation of solid concrete, 13 feet square, 5 feet deep, 
as approved by the Quarter Master General, U. S. A., was put 
in place October, 1911, by Mr. J. Gordon Thomas, of Culpeper, 
Va. As the monument was not erected until early Spring of 



TAi;Li-;r xo. i. sdUTii face. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

REMEMBERS WITH SOLEMN PRIDE 

HER HEROIC SONS 

WHO HERE REPOSE IN 

KNOWN AND UNKNOWN GRAVES. 

MAY THEIR SACRIFICES BE 

AN INSPIRATION TO THE PEOPLE 

AND PROMOTE CIVIC VIRTUE, LOVE of 

LIBERTY, PEACE, PROSPERITY 

^AND HAPPINESS IN ALL THE STATES. 

"DULCE ET DECORUM EST 

PRO PATRIA MORI . " 



Pennsylminia at Culpeper. 19 

1912, the concrete foundation was thoroughly set before any 
weight was placed on it. 

The monument is of imposing appearance and attracts general 
attention not only on account of its massiveness, but on account 
of its beautiful proportions. The bronze tablets referred to are 
splendid specimens of the bronze founder's art, and were very 
much admired by all present at the dedication. The beautiful 
contrasts of color of the bronze tablets on the pink background 
of the Westerly Granite and the tint of the polished Granite ball 
in the lovely evergreen foliage of the Cemetery cannot be ade- 
quately described. 

The material was furnished and erected 1)y the Smith Granite 
Company, Westerly, Rhode Island, under the contract awarded 
by the Commission. 



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TABLET NO. 2. WEST FACE. 

In Memory 
of 

Pennsylvania Soldiers Interred in this Cemetery. 




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Adams, FranUIiu J 

Aldeiidei't'er, James 

Allison, Joseph, 

Arter, Franklin 

Bain, Joshua 

Bates, Marvin 

Bear, Jacob, 

Benniug, Edward J 

Brady, John 

Buckwalter, Reuben 

Carmiehael, Joseph, 

Carroll, George 

Cassell, David B 

Claypoole, Levi 

Clfeaver, Thomas M 

Coldron, Jacob 

Crane, Horace 

Dager, William 

Dart, Alfred 

Deneen, Henry S 

Dingier, (^eorge 

Dodds, John C 

Dougherty, Michael 

Downing, John M. , 

Dunmire, William 

Durbow, Walter J., 

Dutton, Adam, 

Fields, Albert B., 

Fink, Emanuel 

Oeddis, William 

Halliworth. Henry 

Heffiefinger, John, I 

Hoch, Thomas 

Hone, John 

Hoyt, Samuel E 

Johnson, Strausburg . 

FCauffman. John W 

Kenney, John F 

Kouk, John 

I/acey, Joseph 

Lash, Joshua 

Lay ton, George C 

rx)ngshore, James, 

Loucks, John 

I-mas. .Tames 

Mrl'.ridi', Ticibert 

M.Ciill. Hugh 

MiCarroIl. William 

M.-rulloiiKh, Michael, 

McDonald, Abner N 

McRlroy, John 

McFeters, J. S 

Maxwell. Adam P 



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H, 63d Infantry, .. 
G, 145tli Infantry, 
D, 138th Infantry, 
K, 46th Infantry,. 
I, 9th Pa. Res., . 

A, 16th Cavalry, .. 

B, 14Sth Infantry, 

D, 61st Infantry, . 

A, 2Mh Cavalry, .. 
K, 105th Infantry, 

E, 26th Infantry, 
H, 87th Infantry, . 
E, 81st Infantry, . 

B, 63rd Infantry, . 

A, 1st Cavalry, ... 

C, 17th Cavalry, ... 

D, 16th Cavalry, .. 
H, 6th Cavalry, ... 

E, 145th Infantry,. 

B, 14Sth Infantry,. 
B, 51st Infantry, . 
B, 139th Infantry,. 
K, 140th Infantry,. 
I. 143rd Infantry,. 
B, 139th Infantry,. 

E, 109th Infantry,. 
L, 16th Cavalry, . 
I, 2nd Cavalry, .. 

D, 143rd Infantry, 

F, 46th Infantry, . 

F, 145th Infantry,. 
P. 63rd Infantry, . 
H, 17th Cavalry, .. 

G, 16th- Cavalry, .. 
G, fi7th Infantry, . 

E, 90th Infantry, . 

F, 17th Cavalry, .. 

A, 6th Cavalry, .. 
I, 143rd Infantry, . 
L, 1st Cavalry, ... 

F, 18th Cavalry, .. 

G, 149th Infantry,. 
D, 6th Cavalry. .. 
K, 93rd Infantry,. 
F, .%th Infantry, . 
P, 63rd Infantry, . 

B, 69th Infantry, . 
R, ISth Cavalry, .. 
D. 4th Cavalry, .. 

C, 1st Cavalry, .. 
F, S7th Infantry, . 

D, 13th Cavalry. .. 
H, 149tU Infantry,. 



Dateof Death. 



Nov. 

April 

Jan. 

Aug. 

Oct. 

Sept. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

July 

Jan. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Jan. 

April 

Nov. 

April 

Mar. 

April 

April 

Aug. 

.June 

Nov. 

Mar. 

Aug. 

Jan. 

Dec. 

June 

April 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Aug. 

April 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Tune 

April 

Mar. 

April 

April 

April 

June 

■■Vug. 

Feb. 

Dec. 

Feb. 



9. 1862 
2, 1863 
13, 1863 

21, 1864 

28, 1863 

22, 1864 

29, 1864 

17, 1863 
12, 1863 
12, 1895 

1, 1864 

30, 1864 

23, 1864 
6, 1863 

1, 1863 
15, 1864 

12, 1864 
9, 1862 

19, 1864 

18, 1864 
29, 1864 
17, 1864 

24, 1862 
11, 1864 

5, 1903 
15, 1864 
9, 1862 
4, 1864 
10, 1863 

13, 1864 
8, 1864 

25, 1863 
13, 1864 

2, 1S64 
4. 1863 

1, 1864 

2, 1863 
29, 1863 

10, 1864 
25, 1864 
25, 1864 

11, 1864 

8, 1864 

9, 1S64 

13, 1864 
11. 1864 

14, 1S62 
1, 1864 

20, 1863 
28, 1864 



TABiJ-yr X( ). 3. X( )k rii i-ace. 



ERECTED 

BY THE 

COMMONWEALTH 

OP 

PENNSYLVANIA 

A. D. 1910 

BY AUTHORITY OP 

ACT OE ASSEMBLY 

NO. 551 

APPROVEL 

MAY 13, 1909 



Pennsylvania at Culpeper. 



21 



412 I Mehvig, Philip 

110 i Miller, Lewis 

139 Miller. Keuben G 

296 I Moateith, Thomas, 

46 j Mowrey, Henry 

253 I Nay lor, William T 

192 Neiman, John F 

24 I Otto, John A., 

109 I Phelps, Otis 

20S I Polsgrove, George W 

265 Porter, Henry N., 

266 I Porter, William A 

3S1 ; Prettylief , Henry, 

S I Prichard, James 

426 ] Prince, Albert T., 

19 i Keed, David A. 

13 I Rehm, Fred'k 

1S6 Kice, William 

78 I Uoom, Andrew G 

39 ! Rushworth, Isaac, 

32S Selkirk, William 

259 i Shaffer, William, 

251 I Sheets, Thomas 

241 Shives, William 

407 Smith, Charles R ' 

295 i Snyder, William O. 

411 ' Spotz, Hiram J., 

92 I Stanford, John W., 

64 I Stanton, James W., 

222 ' Steiner, Edward 

419 I Thomas, Thomas J 

89 1 Tillston, William S 

4 ' Vandergrif t, Horatio, 

183 I Vansickle, John AV 

257 \ Wagner, George 

167] Warner, Manley B., 

137 , Watson, James, 

1 ' Weaver, John, 

12S ; Wilson, William B 

210 Wolf, Henry 

393 1 Wolf ord, Jacob 

117 ' Woods, John, 

247 Wurley, Conrad, 

160 Young, Israel 

423 Zanders, John L 

287 Zanner, Erhardt, 



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G, 26th Infantry, . 
I, 140th Infantry, . 
G, 107th Infantry,. 

B, 150th Infantry,. 

F, 16th Cavalry, .. 

C, 49th Infantry, . 
A, 1st Cavalry, ... 
L, Sth Cavalry, ... 
A, 16th Cavalry, .. 

D, 148th Infantry,, 
H, 143rd Infantry,. 
H, 143rd Infantry,, 

G, Sth Cavalry, .., 
I. 67th Infantry, , 
P, 2Sth Infantry, 

F, 16th Cavalry, ., 
K, 87th Infantry, , 

G, 16th Cavalry, .. 
C, 114th Infantry, 
A, 3rd Cavalry, .. 

C, Sth Cavalry, .. 
A, 61st Infantry, 
I, 119th Infantry, 
I, 93rd Infantry, 
G, Sth Cavalry, .. 

E, 149th Infantry, 
K, 20th Cavalry, . 
K, 57th Infantry, 

D, 17th Cavalry, ., 

A, 106th Infantry, 
P, 46th Infantry, 
H, 139th Infantry, 

B, 67th Infantry, 

E, 84th Infantry, 
I. 61st Infantry, 
H, 111th Infantry, 

F, 90th Infantry, 

C, S7th Infantry, 
H, 56th Infantry, 
B, 14Sth Infantry, 

G, 4th Cavalry, .. 
K, 14Sth Infantry, 
I, 61st Infantry, . 
B, 121st Infantry, 
I, 11th Infantry, 
A, 143rd Infantry, 



Dateof Death. 



Sept. 

April 

Jan. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Sept. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

June 

Jan. 

Aug. 

April 

Mar. 

Oct. 

April 

Dec. 

June 

Nov. 

Jan. 

April 

June 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Mar. 

Feb. 

Jan. 

Aug. 

April 

Dec. 

April 

Nov. 

Aug. 

Mar. 

Mar. 

April 

April 

June 

Mar. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Aug. 

Dec. 



28, 1863 

5, 1864 
4. 1864 

18, 1863 

20, 1864 

15, 1863 

13, 1863 

7, 1863 

6, 1863 



11, 1S64 

29, 1864 
9, 1862 

30, 1864 
4, 1864 

10, 1863 
6, 1864 

21, 1863 

11, 1864 

22, 1S63 
16, 1864 
18, 1864 
11, 1864 
IS, 1863 
26, 1S64 

1, 1864 

14, 1864 

15, 1864 
9, 1862 

30, 1864 
13, 1863 
1, 1864 
11, 1863 

15, 1862 
24, 1864 

8, 1864 

13, 1864 

16, 1864 
11, 1864 
11, 1864 

14, 1864 
8, 1864 

22, 1862 
22, 1S63 



22 Poiiisjjlrdiiia at CuJpeper. 

TABLET NO. 4. EAST FACE. 



Battles, ]"jii:^agements and Skirmishes 

near Culpcper, Virginia, 

Participated in by Pennsylvania Troops. 



Aug:. 8, 1862. Sl.'UiKlitcr's House. 

Aus. 9, 1862. Cedar Mountain, Slaughtor's Mountain or Cedar Run. 
Aug. 20, 1862. Brandy Station and Rappahannock Station. 
Aug. 21-23, 1862. Kelly's Ford, Rappaliannock^ Station and Beverely 
Ford . 
Aug. 22, 1862. Freeman's Ford and Hazel Run. 
Aug. 24, 1862. White Sulphur -Springs. 
Nov.' 9, 1862. Rappahannock Station. 
Nov. 10, 1862. Corbin's Cross-Roads, near Amissville. 
March 17, 1863. Kelly's Ford. 
March 29, 1863. Kelly's Ford. 
April 29, 1863. Kelly's Ford. 
April 30, 1863. Racoon Ford. 
May 1, 1863. Rapidan Station. 

June 9, 1863. Stevensburg, Brandy Station and Beverely Ford. 
Aug. 1, 1863. Brandy Station. 
Aug. 4, 1863. Brandy Station. 
Aug. 5, 1863. Muddy Run. 
Aug. 9, 1863. Welford's Ford. 
Sept. 2, 1863. Oak Shade. 
Sept. 13, 1863. Culpcper Court House. 
Sept. 13, 1863. Brandy Station. 
Sept. 13-14, 1863. Rapidan Station. 
Sept. 13-17, 186;^ Rappabaunock to Rapidan. 
Sept. 14-16, 1863. Racoon Ford and Rapidan Station. 
Oct. 1, 1863. Culpeper Court House. 
Oct. 10, 1863. Racoon Ford. 
Oct. 10, 1863. Morton's Ford. 
Oct. 11, 1863". Culpeper. 
Oct. 11, 1863. Stevensburg. 
Oct. 11, 1863. Brandy Station. 
Oct. 12, 1863. Jefferson ton. 
Oct. 12, 1863. Brandy Station. 
Nov. 7, 1863. Rappahannock Station. 
Nov. 7, 1863. Kelly's Ford. 
Nov. 8, 1868. Stevensburg. 
Nov. 8, 1863. Braijdy^ Station. 
Nov. 26-27, 1863. Racoon Ford. 



Pennsylvania at Culpeper. 23 



DELAYS. 



After the signing of the contract, the work of verifying the 
names of the Pennsylvania soldiers interred in the Culpeper Na- 
tional Cemetery, to the satisfaction of the War Department 
proved very tedious, and there was considerable correspondence 
with the War Department as to the other inscriptions. Until the 
inscriptions were determined the four tablets could not be cast. 
After the cast was prepared, the Quarter Master General re- 
quired a rubbing impression to be submitted for approval. 

The contractor refused to move the monument from Westerly, 
Rhode Island, until the four bronze tablets were fitted in place 
at the quarry. 

When all these requirements had been met, the contractor be- 
gan in December, 1911, the transportation of the granite and 
erection of the monument at Culpeper. The winter proved so 
severe that the work on the erection had to be deferred to Spring 
of 1912. 



(24) 



The Dedication, 



(25) 



AN ACT 

Making an appropriation to defray the expenses incident to the 
dedication of the monument now being erected, under the pro- 
visions of an Act of Assembly, approved May thirteenth, one 
thousand nine hundred and nine, in the National Cemetery at 
Culpeper, Virginia, to the memory of the Pennsylvania Sol- 
diers buried therein. 

Whereas, The Auditor General ruled that the money appro- 
priated by Act of Assembly approved May thirteenth, one thou- 
sand nine hundred and nine, could only be used for the actual 
expenses of the Commission and the purchase and erection of the 
monument, and that no part thereof could be used for dedication 
expense ; and. 

Whereas, Said monument will be completed in the near future, 
therefore : 

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That the sum of twenty-five 
hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and 
the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the Culpeper, 
A^irginia, Monument Commission, for the purpose of defraying 
the expenses incident to the dedication, on its completion, of the 
monument now being erected in the National Cemetery at Cul- 
peper, Virginia, to the memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers 
buried therein. 

Approved — The 14th day of June, A. D., 1911. 

JOHN K. TENER. 



(26) 




Governor Johu K. Tener, Who Dedicated the Mouuineut. 



Pennsylvania at Gulpeper. 27 



PREPARATIONS FOR DEDICATION. 

When our Commission visited the War Department, the Quar- 
ter Master General, U. S. A., agreed to have all the 1,367 graves 
in the Culpeper National Cemetery decorated with small United 
States flags for the occasion of the dedication ; also to furnish 
four large Garrison U. S. flags for veiHng the four faces of the 
monument and any other assistance that might be found neces- 
sary. 

Mr. C. O. Spence, Cemetery Clerk in the oftice volunteered to 
go to the Culpeper Cemetery to supervise the veiling of the monu- 
ment. This he did so handsomely that on the signal being given. 
Master Charles P. Redick was able to draw the flags from the 
four faces of the monument simultaneously and smoothly — the 
flags of the South and West front moving on a line to the South- 
west — the flags on the East and North fronts moving in a line 
to the Northeast. 

Our Commission are indebted to Captain C. F. Humphreys, 
and Major Normoyle, Mr. C. O. Spence and Superintendents of 
the National Cemetery, Major William L. Reppert and Lorenza 
V. Dow for many useful and friendly courtesies. 



28 Pen HKijIra Ilia at Ciilinper. 

INVITATION. 



The ("lOvcnior of llie roninioinvealtli 

and the 

Culpeper, Va., Monument Coniniission, 

of Pennsylvania 

request the honor of your prer,ence 

on Thursday, October seventeenth 

nineteen hundred and twelve 

at the 

Dedication of the Monument 

erected by the 

State of Pennsylvania 

in memory of the 

Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Civil War 

Interred in the National Cemetery 

at Culpeper, Va. 

John K. Tener, 

Governor. 
Pennsylvania Commission : 
S. W. HILL CHAS. H. WORMAN F. F. ROHM 



"O, CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINIA." 

HIS Excellency, Governor John K. Tener, having designated 
October 17th as the day on which he would dedicate the 
monument erected in the National Cemetery at Culpeper, 
\'a., to the memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers who lie buried 
there in known and unknown graves, the commission arranged 
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to have a special train 
ready at Harrisburg on the evening of the 16th, so that the 
Governor, his staff, and the invited guests could be transported 
to Culpeper. The assembled guests, after all being comfortably 
provided for, left at 12.05 a. m. and arrived safely in Washing- 
ton about seven o'clock that morning. As soon as the train ar- 
rived in Washington two dining cars of the Southern Railway 
Company were attached, the train immediately leaving for the 
South. 



Pennsylvania at Culpeper. 29 

The morning was extremely cold, and heavy fog hung over 
the Potomac, but just as we sat down to breakfast, while crossing 
the river, the sun came out in all her glory, dispelled the heavy 
atmosphere and revealed to us a beautiful day. 

How different it is today to the veterans in the party com- 
pared with fifty years ago, when they crossed that same river in 
the cold raw winter-time on their way to Fredericksburg. To- 
day they are sitting at a bountiful board and enjoying the best 
viands the season can afford ; a half century ago they entered 
what was then a land of strife and devastation with hostile pur- 
pose ; now they come bearing love and good will for their former 
adversaries. Today, everything is changed ; and Old Father 
Time with a wave of his magic wand has wiped away every tear 
and banished every sorrow engendered by a bitter Civil War. 
As we speed on we are all surprised by the changes that have 
occurred during half a century. Manassas Junction as we knew 
it then, containing a few tracks with a box-car for a station, is 
now a thriving town with all the conveniences of a city, and what 
recollections are awakened when we pass Bristow Station, War- 
renton Junction, now Calverton, Cattlet Station, Bealeton, dear 
old Bealeton, the place we always turned up at whenever there 
was no place else to go in '63, Rappahannock Station, upon our 
first acquaintance a barren waste, now the enterprising town of 
Remington. Who does not remember that sharp engagement in 
the fall of '63, when Russel's Division of the Sixth Corps met 
and eliminated Hay's Louisiana Brigade from the rolls of the 
army of Northern Virginia. But peace has her victories more 
lasting than war, instead of a downtrodden, war-ridden country 
covered with debris and wreckage of bivouacs and camps, you 
now behold fields of clover, shocks of white corn, vast expanses 
of agricultural and dairy farms. 

Today we cross the Rappahannock in splendid steel cars ; fifty 
years ago we went back and forth as best as we could, always 
fighting for the right of way. Ahead of us are the Plains of 
Brandy Station, or Fleetwood, where the memorable cavalry 
battle between General D. McM. Gregg and General J. E. B. 
Stuart took place in June, 1863. Everything lies peacefully be- 
fore us, and only those who were present can realize that one of 
the greatest cavalry battles of the war, was fought here, a battle 



30 Pennsylvania at Culpeper. 

so fierce that friends and foes knew not whom they fought or 
behind which banner they charged. This was the beginning of 
the (lettysburg Campaign which ended not far from here across 
the Rai)idan at Mine Run, and sent the Army of the Potomac into 
winter quarters in and around Culpeper. 

We have now reached our destination, the old colonial town of 
Culpeper, in wartime called "Culpeper Court House." The town 
folk have extended the hand of hospitality and have opened their 
portals for their Northern brothers ; the town is bedecked like a 
bride in the National colors, intermingled with flags of the Con- 
federacy, sentimental reminders of their lost cause. The Con- 
federate veterans under the leadership of the kindly and genial 
V^irginian, Major H. C. Burrows are out in good numbers. Gov- 
ernor Tener was the center for all eyes, and with his imposing 
figure represented with dignity the great Commonwealth of Penn- 
sylvania. 

I'hose who desired were escorted about the town by a com- 
mittee on arrangements and shown its beautiful surroundings. 

At two o'clock the ceremonies commenced, and were carried 
Ihrougli according- to the program, the cemetery presenting a 
splendid appearance with every grave decorated with a small 
American flag. We were extremely sorry that Governor Mann 
could stay but a short time as an engagement in Boston com- 
pelled his early departure. His secretary, Mr. Ben Owen, Jr., 
worthily filled his place. 

At 5.20 p. m., after the ceremonies were over, we bade goodbye 
to the good old town and its inhabitants, richer in one more 
pleasant experience, with our kinsfolk dwelling South of the 
Mason-Dixon line. 

The Commission tenders its thanks to the citizens of Culpeper 
who graced our exercises with their presence, to the committee 
on arrangements, to Major H. C. Burrows and the A. P. Hill 
Camp of Confederate Veterans for their assistance, to the Com- 
pany of National Guards of Virginia commanded by Lieut. Nel- 
son Wampler, who fired three salvos at the end of the ceremony 
and whose trumpeter blew "lights out." 

Farewell, Virginia, where w^e spent some of the happiest and 
some of the saddest days of our youth, 

A benison on you, forever. 




Muster Charlos Pai-sdiall Kedi.k. I'ittsl.urgli, I'a . , Who Unveiled the .Moinnn.-iit . 



Pennsylvania at Culpeper. 31 

PROGRAM. 



Exercises at 

Dedication of the Monument 

erected by the State of Pennsylvania in 

memory of the Pennsylvania Soldiers 

of the Civil War interred in 

the National Cemetery, 

By 

Hon. John K. Tener 

Governor of Pennsylvania 

At Culpeper, Virginia, on Thursday 

Afternoon, October Seventeenth 

Nineteen Hundred and Twelve 

At Two O'clock. 



Pennsylvania Commission : 
S. W. HILL CHAS. H. WORMAN F. F. ROHM 



"Recorded honors gather 'round this Monument, and thicken over it. It 
is a solid fabric and will support the laurels that adorn it." 

Assembly , Bugler . 

Invocatiou, Rev. N. H. Holmes, D. D. 

Music, "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," 

Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald, 

Miss Sylvia Rosensteel, 

Accompanist. 

Address of Welcome , Hon . Ben Owen , Jr . , 

Secretary to the Governor of Virginia. 

Address of Welcome on behalf of the Citizens of Culpeper, 

J. George Hiden, Esq. 

Response, John K. Tener, 

Governor of Pennsylvania. 

Music, 

Address and Transfer of Monument to Governor of Pennsylvania, 

S. W. Hill, Pres't of Commission. 
Unveiling of the Monument, Master Charles Parschall Redick . 



32 Pcnnsylvonia at Culpeper. 

Music, "Star Spaugled Banner," 

]Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald and Audience. 

Reception of Moniunent and Transfer to U. S. Government, 

Thomas J. Stewart, Adjutant General of Peuna. 

Acceptance on behalf of the United States, 

('ai>tain ('. F. Humphrey, Jr., Q. M. Dep't of U. S. Army. 

Music, America. 

Oration, Hon. Chas. Howard Kline, 

State Senator of Pennsylvania. 

:Music "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." 

P.eiiediction Rev. N. H. Holmes, D. D. 

TAPS. 



Pcit lis ijira Ilia at Calpcpcr. ^io 

Invocation, Rev. N. 11. Holmes, i). H. 



"O Thou, bv whom we come to God. 
The Life the Truth, the Wa^; 
The path of prayer Thyself hast trod, 
Lord, teach us how to pray." 

So that we may have the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit 
in our endeavor to worship Thee, O Lord. For Thou hast been 
our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were 
brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the 
world, even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art God, the 
God of our fathers and our God, our Father, who art in heaven. 

The occasion which has brought us hither today reminds us 
of God's dealings with his people in ancient times, when he led 
them forth into the land of promise ; gave them the divine 
oracles, our Bible, and brought forth by them, His only begotten 
Son, Our Savior, who lived, sui¥ered and died to make men holy. 
So also our comrades who sleep here and the hundred of thou- 
sands who sleep elsewhere, lived, suffered and died to make men 
free. 

For Thou, Almighty God, who changeth not didst also guide 
our fathers across the stormy ocean, and by Thy providence, di- 
rected their places of settlement, drew them together, into one 
people, inspired them to write the immortal Declaration, and by 
some one yet unknown to history, gave them our Glorious Banner 
with its holy message of man's right to Life, Liberty and the pur- 
suit of Happiness, shining forth from its every star and stripe. 

And now, O Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are full 
of Thy Glory, Glory be to Thee, O Lord most High. For by 
Thy providence and our comrades' valor. Thou hast united us 
again, one country, and one flag, by God's blessing, the mightiest 
agency in the world for the uplift of mankind. 

And now Our Father in heaven, we thank Thee for the sun 
which has been shining upon us all the way hither, for the very 
kindly greetings extended toward us all by the people of Cul- 
peper and vicinity, as also by the worthy Governor of the great 
State of Virginia, and for the many of the surrounding country 



34 Pcnnsijlvania at Culpcper. 

assembled with us here and l)y llieir presenee giving- emphasis 
to our endeavor to pay honor to wiiom honor is (kie. 

In conclusion, we devoutly pray for Thy blessing to rest upon 
the great State of Pennsylvania, her worthy son, his Excellency, 
the Governor, and all that are associated with him in their dedi- 
catory services. Grant, we pray Thee, all needed wisdom to 
those who shall speak to us. Give them thoughts that breathe 
and words that burn into our hearts and abiding unselfish devo- 
tion to our glorious country and our precious flag. 

(iranl us, O Lord, that as future generations shall gaze upon 
this beautiful monument, about to be dedicated, and others like 
it, scattered over the land or among the silent graves of their 
heroic Sires, they may be moved to vow and vow again, that 
they too, when need be, will prove faithful unto death to country 
and flag. For then will 

"Our banner float forever 
And its lustrous stars pale never, 
Till the stars shall pale on High." 

And to God the Father, and the Son, and Holy Ghost be all 
praise, now and forever. Amen. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME ON BEHALF OF CITIZENS OF 
CULPEPER. 

J. (ieorge Hideu, E.sq. 

(A OYERNOR TENER, Gentlemen of Pennsylvania, Confeder- 
j ate Veterans, Ladies and Gentlemen : The States of Penn- 
sylvania and Virginia have much in common. They are the 
daughters of the same mother. Virginia was settled in 1607 
by the English Cavaliers, and Pennsylvania was colonized a few 
years later by William Penn and the English Quakers. The 
same blood flows through the veins of the people of these two 
states. But one state separates us, and before the formation of 
the State of West Virginia ; Virginia adjoined Pennsylvania. 

Through the trials. of the colonies the men of Virginia and the 
men of Pennsylvania stood together as brothers. They fought 



Pennsylvania at Gulpeper. 35 

the Indian and French Wars together; they stood together for 
the independence of the Colonies, and as brothers they fought 
the War of the Revolution and the soil of Pennsylvania was 
watered with tlie blood of Virginia's sons long before the war 
between the States. We cannot forget that the Declaration of 
Independence was written at Pennsylvania by a son of Virginia ; 
we cannot forget that it was at Philadelphia that the independ- 
ence of the Colonies was first proclaimed ; and we cannot forget 
that the Liberty Bell was tolled by a son of Pennsylvania. 

The question of secession and slavery arose and the war be- 
tween the States commenced. Virginia believed in secession and 
slavery, and Pennsylvania believed in the union of the States 
and was anti-slavery. Pennsylvania went with the Northern 
States and Virginia gave her allegiance to the Southern cause. 
The men of both states were equally honest, upright, and con- 
scientious in their convictions, and the men of both states were 
equally as firmly convinced that the principles for which they 
fought were right. 

That war brought forward on both sides some of the bravest 
and noblest men the workbhas ever seen, and developed some of 
the greatest characters. The greatest character developed on 
the Southern side was Robert Edward Lee. There was for many 
years at Lexington, Virginia, an old body servant of General 
Lee's, who spent his last years in taking care of the grave of 
Cicneral Lee, and who was always ready and never got tired of 
talking of his old master. He said that on one occasion dtiring 
the war, he happened to come across a courier getting his horse 
ready to go forward with some dispatch, and this courier was 
cursing everything and everybody. The old negro stopped and 
said, "Great Lord, man, what's the matter with you, what are 
you "cussing" so about?" The courier said, "General Lee has 
just given me this dispatch and told me to take it forty miles 
from here and it is snowing and hailing, the roads are impassible, 
the waters are all up and I can never make it; and I don't know 
what General Lee is thinking about anyway to send a man out 
on such a night as this under such circumstances." Then the old 
negro lost his patience and said, "Of course, you don't know 
what General Lee is thinking about, let me tell you, man, if one 
of General Lee's ideas should accidently happen to get into that 



36 Pen ii.s/jlrd Ilia at Culpeper. 

little old head of "vourn" it would bust it wide open." Loc was 
great to his body servant, he was great to the men in the ranks, 
his captains said he was great, his generals knew he was great ; 
and today the w^orld recognizes that he was great. The greatest 
character developed on the Northern side was U. S. Grant. His 
soldiers said he was great, his captains and his generals said he 
was great ; and today the world recognizes that he was great. 
I fe was brave, he was wise, he was noble, he was magnanimous. 
And I am here to tell you that when Lee and Grant clasped 
hands at Appomattox, there stood two of the greatest characters, 
two of the greatest commanders, two of the greatest generals the 
world has ever produced ; and all history cannot show two 
grander armies than the two armies that stood behind these men. 
There were never men more devoted to principle, more courage- 
ous, more noble, more brave and more devoted to duty and their 
country than the men who composed these armies. 

The war is over ; nearly fifty years have elapsed since that 
conflict closed. The past is gone beyond recall ; and the future 
is ours. We are glad again to stand with the men of Pennsyl- 
vania as brothers. We know no North, no South, no East, no 
West. Your Union is now our Union. Your country is our 
country. In the Spanish-American War the men of Pennsyl- 
vania and the men of Virginia again fought together as of old, 
and the first blood shed in that war was Southern blood. We 
need you men of Pennsylvania and you need us. This Repul)lic 
W'as not founded by the fathers to last fifty years or a century, 
but for all time. We are as yet but an experiment. The eyes of 
the world are upon us, and it is for us, the men of Pennsylvania 
and the men of Virginia, and all true men to see that this Repub- 
lic adheres to the same high ideals, and is preserved for the same 
purposes which our forefathers established it. Jefferson said, 'T 
want to establish a republic where every kind of tyranny will be 
forever banished from the minds of men, I want a republic where 
all men will be equal before the law." And we want to keep this 
country so free from all kinds of manufactured nobility that the 
son of the poorest man in all the state can feel that he may aspire 
to the highest office. And in these days of great wealth, great 
combination of wealth, great enterprises and corrupt practices on 
the part of many of the peoi)le, we need the true men of Penn- 



rciiu.sijh'diiid at Culpcper. 37 

sylvania to help us keep the ship of state saihng along the lines 
the fathers intended, we need them to keep the republic true to 
the ideals of the fathers, and to preserve it as it was preserved 
l)v our forefathers and hand it down to posterity as it was handed 
down to us where every man will have an equal chance, and 
every true man who stands with us for this is our brother, every 
true man wdio will do this is my brother. 

We are glad to unite with you men of Pennsylvania in dedicat- 
ing yon beautiful monument to your brave men who fell on Cul- 
peper's soil and who lie buried here. We are glad to unite with 
vou today in honoring them. The beautiful blue of our moun- 
tains welcomes you, the magnificent scenery of our country wel- 
comes you, and azure of our skies welcomes you, our hospitable 
homes welcome you, and thrice are you welcome to Culpeper, 
men of Pennsylvania. 



ADDRESS. 
Governor John K. Toner. 

MR. Chairman, \"eterans of the Blue and Gray, Ladies and 
, Gentlemen: We are gathered here today to perform a 
solemn duty, to designate by this monument the resting 
place of our dead, and to dedicate tl:is spot to the memory of 
Penn.sylvania's brave sons who here sacrificed their lives for a 
principle. 

We come not in the spirit of a half century ago, when you 
were known as "Southerners" and we of Pennsylvania as "North- 
erners," with all the significance such terms of sectional distinc- 
tion implied, but rather do we come into your Commonwealth as 
neighbors upon a friendlv mission, and joining vou make a com- 
pan)^ of Americans all, — happy now that we live a united people, 
serving one government and under one flag, therefore, let us not 
recite our losses nor our victories, but in a spirit of fraternal 
tendern.ess pay the tribute of our State to her steadfast sons who- 
sleep beneath your soil, and as they peacefully rest, pillowed by 
a Nation's love, we will ever cherish the memory of their splendid 
manhood. They were soldiers tried and true. They died upon 
the altar of their countrv. 



B8 Pcnnsijlvania at Gulpeper. 

ADDRESS AND TRANSFER OF MONUMENT TO GOV- 
ERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Conoral S. W. Hill, President of Commission. 

\\\vAi constitutes a State? 

Not .strong fortresses — not great navies — not opulent cities, 
with great industries — these are but the properties of a great 
people.. 

Powerful "dreadnoughts" are useless, unless manned and 
operated l:)y resolute, courageous and skillful men. 

A people intelligent, industrious and courageous, who work 
for God and fellow men, will create a government and state — - 
founded in wisdom, worth living for — worth fighting for. 

From the colonization times — the l>est efforts of grand states- 
men without number, who feared God and loved their fellow 
men, had been devoted to the work of creating a Government 
founded in righteousness, to promote the honor and welfare of 
family and society. 

God prospered their work with marvelous results that won the 
admiration of the world. For such a nation, men w^ere willing 
to fight-— bleed — and die in its defense. 

Men and women of that type made a nation great. Of this type 
are the men who fill the lonely graves in this cemetery, and the 
confederate cemetery a few hundred yards distant. 

\^irginia and Pennsylvania were full of people of such noble 
type— pity they ever clashed. 

The paroles given at Appomattox by the Confederate soldiers 
were never broken, they fought gallantly when there was fight- 
ing to do, they fought gallantly until there was nothing left to 
fight for; and then- they recognized duty to family and home. 
Flow well, how successfully, how gallantly, let these fertile farms, 
well stocked fields, prosperous homes, and happy families attest, 
where bloodshed and desolation reigned supreme. 

Peace hath its victories no less renowned than war. 

The blood of the Martyrs is the seed of the Church. These 
victims of the cruel war, the men who lie in the Confederate 
Cemetery, these 1,367 men from the Union States interred in 
this well kept National Cemetery, these 109 lads from Pennsyl- 
\ania who never went home, whose crraves we know, and write 



Pcunsylvania at Cnlpcper. 39 

upon our tal)let, these 912 unknown graves that stir our hearts 
and bring- unbidden tears, these monuments, these cemeteries, 
are and will continue our Nations best assets, dearer to the peo- 
ple, and of more priceless value than navies, railroads, commerce, 
palaces, universities or what else. 

These lowly mounds are God's bow of promise that in time of 
danger and distress, gallant men will be at hand to protect family 
and home. They are God's promise that there will always be 
champions to defend the truth, uphold our flag, and. maintain our 
National existence. 

President Lincoln well expressed this in his Inaugural. 

"The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battle- 
field and patriot grave to every living heart and heartstone all 
over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the union, when 
again touched as surely tliey will lie by the better Angels of our 
natures." 

As 109 Pennsylvania men of the 455 graves whose names are 
known, would give a ratio of 230 other Pennsylvania soldiers 
whose graves are unknown. These 1,367 dead were gathered 
from the numerous l^attlefields within 12 miles of Culpeper. 

They hesitated not when the sacrifice was called, we have lived 
to see the. l^lessed fruition. 

'Tf the wind that sweeps over our prairies. 
No longer is solemn with knells. 
But lovely with flowers and fairies, 
And calm with sweet Sabbath bells, 
If virtue in cottage and palace 
Leads Love to the Altar of pride 
'Tis because out of war's bitter chalice. 
Our heroes drank deeply and died." 

The 109 names of Pennsylvania have l^een verified by the 
records of the War Department as serving in Pennsylvania or- 
ganizations, and are inscribed on the West tablet. Our commis- 
sion at first proposed out of compliment to the Town of Cul- 
peper, for local history, to record on this monument all the 
battles and conflicts that occurred within 12 miles of Culpeper. 

Under the directions of the U. S. War Department we made 
the tablet record of 46 battles in this territory participated in by 
Pennsylvania troops. 



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From the munificence of the State of Pennsylvania, and the 
wisdom of my colleagues, we are able to present this monument 
and ask yon, Sir, to dccHcatc it, so that it shall proclaim to count- 
less posterity in the long future centuries that 

"Pennsylvania 

remembers with solemn pride 

her heroic sons 

who here repose in 

known and unknown graves. 

May their sacrifices be 

an inspiration to the people 

and promote Civic Virtue, Love of 

Liberty, Peace, Prosperity 

and Happiness in all the States. 

"Dulce et Decorum est 

Pro Patria Mori." 

Convulsions of nature will not overturn it ; its indestructil)lc 
granite and enduring bronze will resist erosions of the tooth of 
time for many, many centuries. 

"Recorded honors gather 'round this moiunuent, and thicken 
over it. It is a solid fabric and will support the laurels that 
adorn it." 

C)ur Commission present it to you as our finished work. 



RECEPTION OF MONUMENT AND TRANSFER TO U. S. 
GOVERNMENT. 

Tlioinas J. Stewart, Adjutaot General of Pennsylvania. 

IAPPRl^CIATl'. the honor thus suddenly thrust upon me of 
])articipation in the public exercises of this patriotic occasion, 
but find myself without preparation for the discharge of the 
dnty that devolves upon me in transferring to the United States 
(jovernment this memorial erected by the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania, in tribute to her heroic sons wdio gave their lives 
for the unity and the perpetuity of the Republic. 

A half century has passed since the tide of 1)attle ebbed and 
flowed o\er the hills and fields around us, and it is most signi- 
ficant that today the men of blue and grey — Confederate and 




Adjutant (4eiieral, WIk 
U. S. Government. 



Pcnnf<\jlvania at Citlpeper. 41 

Union soldier — arc here fraternizing as citizens of this Repubhc, 
whose life was the stake for which contending armies of Ameri- 
can soldiers fought in the fateful days of Civil War. 

The men who fought here, and those who fought on other 
fields, of that fateful period, by deeds of valor and unmatched 
achievement, gave to the martial history of the World glorious 
pages, and made enduring the fame of the American volunteer 
soldier. 

It is most assuring of our country's future, to find that the 
scars of that great conflict are smoothed out, the bitterness all 
gone, and today "Yank" and "Johnny" joining in equal fervor 
and sincerity in singing the Star Spangled Banner, and to note 
that the sweet and tender memories of the days now long gone 
bring the tears to the cheek of each alike. 

"Tenting Tonight On the Old Camp Ground," tou<ches the 
heart of the true soldier, regardless of the uniform he wore, and 
recalls the days of war, with all the sacrifice, all the bereavement, 
all the young and promiseful lives that went out in the budding. 

This goodly company from Pennsylvania accompanying the 
Chief Executive, and made up in great part of the men of Penn- 
sylvania who hold aloft the flag of the Union, and the flag of 
their State in the fierce engagements around about this place, 
have journeyed today to Virginia, to pay their tribute of grati- 
tude and love to hero dead. They have placed their tribute in 
enduring form, and if it is given to the departed, as we believe 
it is, to visit places and scenes familiar, surely they are here to- 
day in spirit form, and glad to know that they are not forgotten. 

We have placed our tribute where they fought, and in this city 
of the hero dead where they sleep, and looking out over their 
graves we recall the beautiful thoughts of the soldier poet who 
wrote : 

"Oh little mounds that mean so much, 
We compass what you teach. 
And our worst grossness feels the touch 
Of your uplifting speech. 
You fill us wath the thoughts that flow 
Like Eucharistic wine, 
And by our holy dead we kiTow 
That life is still divine." 



42 Pninsiflraiiia a I Culpeper. 

Pennsylvania is within the gates of Virginia today on a pil- 
grimage of Patriotism and of peace and goodwill — not always 
welcome in .Virginia, but gloriously welcome to-day. 

Let us as Americans be thankful for the blessings we enjoy, 
be grateful for the safety in our homes, the glory in our flag, 
and for the institutions that the soldiers and sailors of the Union 
saved from the consuming flame of war. As Americans, let our 
purpose, our efforts, our hopes, ht for the growth and the glory 
of tlic Republic, and let us fondly hoi)e that in the years to come, 
the men of the da^s to be may gather here to rehearse the story, 
and exult as wc do now in the continued enjoyment of the bless- 
ings and the institutions established by the fathers, and saved by 
the blood and sacrifice of their sons. May this day and the cere- 
mony in the fulness of its triluUe to the devotion and valor of 
the American soldier, strengthen the bonds of unity between the 
people of Virginia and Pennsylvania, and keep the children of 
tiie future as brave as w^ere their fathers, and may this monumei>t 
so grandly eloquent in its splendid silence, ])e a message to poster- 
ity that wdll keej) the men of the future free from National error 
and make them defenders of the flag and all it represents. 

And now in the presence of these soldiers living, you of both 
armies, wc dedicate this memorial to Pennsylvania's heroic sons. 
We leave it in N'^irginia, confident no vandal hand will mar its 
beauty, lea\c it in the care of the (Government, whose flag the 
soldiers buried here followed, and for whose ])erpetuity they 
gave their li\es. 

May time and nature deal gently ^yith it, and may the way- 
farer and the visitor to this place read in the tal)lets of bronze 
the stor}- and the assurance that Pennsylvania forgets not her 
faithful dead. 



ACCEPTANCE ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Captain C. F. Hiimphroy, Jr., Q. I\I. Dop't. of the U. S. Army. 



A 



S representative of the United States on this occasion, I ac- 
cept the monument erected by Pennsylvania to her heroic 
sons who here repose in known and unknown graves. 




Seuator Charles Hnwaid Kline, Orator of the Da 



Pcnnsjjlvania at Ciilpepcr. 43 

ADDRESS. 

Hon. Charles Howard Kline, State Senator of Pennsylvania. 

MR. rresiclcnt, Governor of the Commonwealth of Penns}!- 
vania and Stafl", Governor of the Commonweakh of Vir- 
ginia and Staff, tnem1)ers of the Commission and Ladies 
and Gentlemen : We are assembled here this day to pay the tribute 
of our respect to the loyal and patriotic sons of Pennsylvania' 
wlio fought in this great valley between the Rapidan and Rappa- 
hannock and who died on the field of battle that Liberty might 
live and have an abiding place in the hearts of all mankind. 

For over a half century these brave and heroic sons of Penn- 
sylvania have been sluriibering in known and unknown graves in 
this consecrated spot, consecrated by their own life's blood, for 
they laid down their lives as a willing sacrifice upon the altar of 
Freedom. 

They realized that they were the heirs of those brave men and 
women, who with brave and chivalric hands carried the torch of 
Lidependence from lands far across the seas, of those wdio rolled 
aw^ay the stone from the sepulcher where crucified and entombed 
liberty was slumbering, and it arose in all its might and strength 
to give courage to the downtrodden and persecuted of this fair 
land of ours. Yes, of those whom the Immortal Lincoln has 
said, "brought upon this Continent a new nation conceived in 
liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are equal" ; 
but let me add cradled in education, nurtured upon the true prin- 
ciples of democracy and warmed by the radiant sunbeams that 
emanates from Calvary's Holy Cross. 

They realized that there was committed to their care the funda- 
mental principles of government, that liberty should forever be 
looked upon, not as an American privilege, but as an eternal prin- 
ciple. That there could be no success without unification of 
efilort, all working for the same common purpose and the same 
common end, the preservation and progress of our great and 
glorious nation. 

In the mad clash of civil dissension neither North nor South 
comprehended fully at first the moral and political problems in- 
volved in the greatest war drama of all history. Out of the re- 
markable leaven of patriotic fervor arose armies and navies • it 



44 Pciiiisi/lrdiiia at (Uilpcpcr. 

begat statesmen and generals, it imparted to science and com- 
merce new impulses and in many respects the old things gave way 
to the new. Happily the ideals of government which were des- 
tined to prevail were those which these brave men had received 
from the fathers of the lejniblic and successfully defended by 
them on many a blood stained field of battle, enlarging and en- 
riching the original heritage of representative government, giv- 
ing it new limitations and new boundaries, yet conserving the 
same fundamental principles inculcated ])y the founders of the 
.Vmerican Commonwealth. 

When we look back to those days the conclusion is irresisti1)le, 
that back of national interest there was the guiding hand of an 
all-wise Providence, which is ever getting the best out of each 
nation and using it for the good of all. Their duty was to guard 
well the fundamental principles that government of the people 
and by the people is -not a matter of theory only. To those of 
us who follow must l)e entrusted the sacred duty of defending 
those principles for which ihey stood — that the American govern- 
ment must e\er be upheld as the highest form of organic democ- 
racy in which manhood shall be the test of citizenship. 

Today the sabre, which was once bright and keen, is rusted, 
the carbine hangs upon the wall ; the revolver is covered with 
dust ; the song of the bullet, the shriek of the shell, the rattle of 
musketry, are stilled in the blest era of peace. Where hatred 
and animosity prevailed ; good fellowship reigns supreme, and 
thank God today Ave are united under one country, one flag and 
one destiny and that the highest goal of human endeavor. 

Have not their ambitions and dreams been realized? For 
Liberty and Union are commensurate with and inseparable from 
every acre of our verdant soil, and the stranger, I care not from 
whence he ma}' come, whither from Killarney's lovely lakes, the 
flowery lands of France or whether an Italian or African Sun 
has poured down her hot rays upon him ; the very moment he 
places his foot upon this Western Continent, he stands there re- 
deemed, regenerated and disenthralled by the irrestistible genius 
of universal emancipation, and this Moses of nations stands to- 
day upon the Western Continent clasping wnth outstretched hands 
cestus of peace and waiving it over the Atlantic which in the past 
has been the greatest thoroug^hfare of the world's coninu'rce and 



Pennsylvania at Culpcper. 45 

over the Pacific, that great ferry that will carry to and from our 
shores the blessings of the future and will confer upon our na- 
tion the commercial scepter of the seas. 

Throughout the whole civilized world there is a grand awaken- 
ing of the people, chains are being broken, old creeds are cring- 
ing and crumbling into dust and quickened thought is bringing 
into existence a new ideal, the ideal of common humanity and 
this nation glorious in the strength of youth hastens to that noble 
conquest, not to enslave but to free, not to destroy but to up- 
build, not for conquest but for conscience. Let us hope that the 
day is not far distant when the armies and navies, the forts and 
barracks, will be but history and that the hostile peoples of this 
earth shall be wooed into the fond embrace of fraternal peace. 

Standing today 'mid the herald of a new and grander day, en- 
joying national peace and matchless prosperity, we are assembled 
liere today to dedicate this monument erected by a grateful Com- 
monwealth, the State of Pennsylvania the Keystone in the Tri- 
umphal Arch of Constitutional American Liberty. Erected upon 
the soil of dear old Virginia, the home of the old Cavalier, whose 
men have been makers of history, and whose watchword this day 
is progress. The monument which we today dedicate, though 
beautiful in its proportion^, and workmanship, is of little intrinsic 
value, but who can estimate the cost to lay the foundation for 
its erection. As we look upon it we see and read much more 
than the simple and appropriate inscription it bears. It repre- 
sents great sacrifice, sacrifices so great that they cannot be com- 
puted. 

What a grateful and beautiful tribute of afl'ection Pennsyl- 
vania has so generously erected in honor of her sons who fought 
for human liberty. The blood shed was her blood, the sacrifices 
made were her sacrifices and she has not forgotten them. It will 
stand long after we have passed away to speak with a persuasive 
voice to generations yet unborn, educating them in all that per- 
tains to the safety, prosperity and perpetuity of our country and 
inspiring them with an exalted patriotism and an unflinching- 
courage in the defense of her magnificent institutions. Let it 
stand a perpetual memorial to those who defended Virtue, 
Liberty and Independence, the Holy Trinity of our State, which 
have been woven into a golden chain that has bound Htimanity 
together and fastened the whole world at the feet of God. 



46 I'cini.sijlvania at Culpcpcr. 

BENliDICTION. 

lU'v. N. II. Holmes, D. D., of Wasliiiigtun, D. C. 

"And now may the love ol God, the grace of our Lord Jesu> 
(lirist, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all e\er- 
inore. Amen." 

TAPS. 



GUESTS PRESENT FROM PENNSYLVANLA, WASHING- 
TON AND VIRGINIA AT THE DEDICATION OF 
CULPEPER, VIRGINIA. MONUMENT. 



Pennsylvania Guests. 

Cjovernor John K. Tener, Ilarrisburg. 

Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, Harrisburg. 

Brigadier General J. Lewis Good, Philadelphia. 

Colonel Fred Taylor Pusey, Lima, Delaware Co. 

Colonel Harry C. Trexler, Allentown. 

Colonel Horace Haldeman, Philadelphia. 

Colonel Howard Williams, Phoenixville. 

Colonel Joseph K. Weaver, Norristown. 

Colonel Frank Patterson, Pittsburgh. 

Lieut. Colonel Livingston Rausch, Harrisburg. 

Lieut. Colonel J. Warner Hutchins, Philadelphia. 

Lieut. Colonel Walter Bradley Philadelphia. 

Lieut. Colonel John R. W^iggins, Philadel])hia. 

Lieut. Colonel Andrew Berger, Pittsburgh. 

Lieut. Colonel Samuel D. Foster, Harrisburg. 

Sergt. William L. Hicks, Harrisburg. 

Sergt. Leo A. Luttringer, Harrisburg. 

Walter Gaithcr, Secretary to Governor Tener. 

Hon. William Hertzler, Deputy Secretary of State, Port Royal. 

Harry S. McDevitt, Assistant Executive Controller, Philadel- 
phia. 

Archibald Millar, Secretary, Railroad Commission, Harris- 
burg. 

Thomas McD. Jones, Independent, Harrisburg. 

General John K. Robinson, 16th Pa. Cavalry, Mifflintown. 



Pennsylvania at Culpepcr. 47 

Captain John C. Delaney, 107th Pa. Vol., Harrisburg. 
Captain Ed. Dunn, 16th Pa. Cavalry, Connellsville. 
Captain Joseph Matchette, 46th Pa. Vol., Catasanqiia. 
Captain T. C. Reynolds, 105th Pa. Vol., Reynoldsville. 
C.- E. Humphreys, M. D., 143rd Pa. Vol., Bethlehem. 
Chas. M. Washburn. 5th Pa. Res., Roaring Branch. 
John B. Patrick, 97th Pa. Vol., Clarion. 
WilHam E. Lewis, 16th Pa. Cavalry, Harrisburg. 
Geo. W. Rhoads, 28th Pa. Vol., Herndon. 
Edwin W. Pearce 107th Pa. Vol., Scranton. 
Mr. E. C. Dewey, Clearfield. 
Mr. James O. Knauss, Allentown. 
Miss Pauline Rohm, Harrisburg. 
Miss Dorothy Rohm, Harrisburg. 

Mr. Joseph Boyd, U. S. Military Telegraph Corps, Pittsburgh. 
William T. Bradbury, 139th Pa. Vol., Pittsburgh. 
John A. Fairman, Knap's Battery, Pittsburgh. 
W. T. Powell, 78th Pa. Vol., Pittsburgh. 
J. K. Campbell, 9th Pa. Res., Pittsburgh. 
Hon. J. Denny O'Neil, Pittsburgh. 
Hon. S. J. Toole, Pittsburgh. 
J. Porter Phipps, 16th Pa. Cavalry, Pittsburgh. 
J. K. Burnett, Tri-State News Co., Pittsburgh. 
Hon. R. J. Cunningham, Allegheny County Controller, Pitts- 
burgh. 

Hon. Chas. F. McKenna, 155th Pa. Vol., Pittsburgh. 

Mr. Chas. Reppert, Pittsburgh. 

Senator Chas. H. Kline, Pittsburgh. 

Senator Henry Cooper, Bellevue. 

Representative James F. Woodward, McKeesport. 

Representative David Hardy, McKeesport. 

S. H. Johnson, Jr!, M. D., Pittsburgh. 

Hon. Stephen Porter, U. S. Rep". 29th Dist., Pittsburgh. 

Captain Thomas J. Hamilton, 28th Pa. Vol., Pittsburgh. 

William D. McGill and wife, Pittsburgh. 

Mrs. S. W. Hill, Bellevue. 

Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald, Sewickley. 

Miss Sylvia Rosensteel, Sewickley. 

Master Chas. Parschall Redick. Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Guests present from Washington, D. C. 

John McElroy, 16th 111. Cavalry, National Tribune, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Lawerence Wilson, M. D., 7th Ohio Vol., Pension Dcpt., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Rev. N. IT. Holmes, Berdan Sharp Shooters, U. S. V., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 



IS rciiiisi/lrdiiiti (il Ciilpcper. 

Captain C. F. 1 luniplireys, U. S. A., O. M. (Jencral's Dept., 
Washington, D. C. 

C. v. Spcnce, Cemetery Clerk, Depot Q. M. (ieneral's l)e])l, 
Washington, D. C. 



Guests present from A'irginia. 

Governor Wilham Hodges Mann. 

Benjamin P. Owen, Jr., Secretary to (lovernor Ahinn. 

J. Geo. Hiden, Esq., Culpeper. 



Reception Committee : 

TF. C. Burrows, Chairman, R. 11. Dennis. P. L. lamcson, W. P. 
Hill, R. Al. Mackall, A. L. Goodloe, J. T. Wampler, T. E. (Irims- 
ley. 

The Culpeper Minute Men (Co. B, Second Regiment. \'a. In- 
fantry), Lieut. Nelson Wampler, Commanding. 

A. P. Hill Camp No. 2 Confederate Veterans No. 15, H. C. Bur- 
rows, Commander, W. P. Hill, Adjutant, 50 members present. 

Culpeper Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, Miss 
Mamie Waite, President, Miss Adella Yowell, Secretary. 

J. T. Wampler, Editor, Culpeper Enterprise. 

Rufus G. Roberts, General Manager, Culpeper Exponent. 

Lieut. Geo. C. Rounds, U. S. Signal Corps, Manassas, Va. 

J. W. Yancey, Culpeper. 

Mr. John Irvine and wife, near Culpeper. 

Mr. Wm. Irvine and wife, near Culpeper. 

Wm. Long, 148th Pa. Vol. Infantry, near Stevensburg. 

Major W. E. Reppert, 15th Pa. Cavalry, Alexandria. 

Mrs. W. E. Reppert and daughter, Alexandria. 

.\bout one thousand people of Culpeper and vicinity were pres- 
ent at the dedication of the monument. 



Pennsylvania at Culpcper. 49 

DECLINATIONS. 
Gentlemen : 

I shall not be present at the dedication of the Pennsylvania 
State Monument in the National Cemetery at Culpeper, \'a., on 
Thursday, October 17th, 1912, much to my regret. 

JAMES A. BEAVER. 



My dear Sir : 

I have just received the kind invitation of your Commission to 
be present at the dedication of the monument in memory of the 
Pennsylvania soldiers of the Civil War interred in the National 
Cemetery at Culpeper, Va. I sincerely regret that engagements 
made sometime since and which I am unable to re-arrange will 
prevent me from accepting the invitation. Please express to 
the members of your association my appreciation of the courtesy, 
and my regrets at not being able to attend. 

With assurance of my personal regard and esteem, I remain. 
Yours sincerely, 

EDWIN S. STUART. 



General D. McM. Gregg regrets that he is unaljle to accept the 
nivitation extended to him by the Governor of the Common- 
wealth and the Culpeper, Va., Monument Commission, to be 
present at the dedication of the monument erected by the State 
of Pennsylvania in memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers interred 
m the National Cemetery at Culpeper, Virginia. 



My dear Captain : 

The armies now in Pennsylvania flying the flags of smallpox 
and typhoid fever will prevent me from leaving my post to be 
with you at Culpeper. 

Thanking you very much for your kind invitation, which I ac- 
cepted, I am, 

Very sincerely, 

SAMUEL G. DIXON. 



50 PennsijJvauia at Ciilpcper. 



Mr. John C. Bell genuinely regrets his inability to be present 
at the dedication of the monument erected by the State of Penn- 
sylvania in memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers of the Civil 
War interred in the National Cemetery at Culpeper, Va. on 
Tluirsday, October seventeenth, nineteen hundred and twelve. 



His Excellency, John K. Tener, 

tiovernor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
Harrisbut^g, Pa. 
My dear Governor Tener : 

I have no greater disappointment than to advise you of my 
inability to accept through Commissioner Hill, your delightful 
invitation to attend dedication of monument to Pennsylvania's 
dead in the National Cemetery at Culpeper, Va., having pre- 
viously arranged to go to Gettysburg to look over railroad ter- 
minal conditions there, to intelligently report on same and have 
necessary work put under construction without delay. The trip 
itself would have been delightfully interesting, as I won my first 
shoulder strap in Cedar Mountain battle. 
Regretfully yours, 

J. M. SCHOONMAKER. 



Dear Eriend and Conn-ade : 

Y'our very kind invitation to be present at the dedication of 
the Culpeper Monument is before me. J regret very much my 
inability to be present on said occasion by reason of illness in 
my family. Nothing would have pleased me more than to have 
visited that section of Old Virginia as I would have had the 
pleasure of meeting many of my comrades and friends and also 
the pleasure of viewing old Bealeton Station where we spent so 
many happy days. Again I thank you for your kind invitation 
and hope you will have a glorious old time. Remember me to 
all my old comrades. 1 trust this will find you enjoying the 
best of health. I am as ever, 

Yours very truly, 

J. C. ROBINSON. 



Pennsylvania at Culpeper. 51 

Dear Sir : 

_ Your kind invitation to be present at the unveiling and dedica- 
tion of tlie Culpeper Monument duly received but business pre- 
vents the writer from being present. 1 want to thank you most 
heartily for the remembrance and hope that you will have a 
pleasant day for the exercises, and that they will be carried out 
with satisfaction to the commission and honor to the State. 
Thanking you again, I beg to remain, 
Yours sincerely 

W. S. MARTIN, 
General Manager, Smith Granite Co. 



M\' dear Sir : 

I am this day in receipt of your invitation to be present at the 
dedication of the monument erected by thp State of Pennsylvania 
to her soldiers interred in the National Cemetery at Culpeper, 
Va., on the 9th current month. 

I thank you heartily for the honor in being invited to attend 
this- most worthy occasion, and regret to say it will be impossible 
for me to attend. I am deeply interested in this monument, and 
enjoy the distinction of being the father of the bill making the 
appropriation, confederate veteran that I am, it was one of the 
greatest pleasures of my life to put the ball in motion to such 
a happy consummation. 

Remotely I had hoped to be present and deliver a ten minutes 
address upon the occasion, having had it intimated that such 
would be the case. However, my heart is with you and your 
associates in this noble work, and say to my friends present from 
Pittsburgh : 

Let us remember the glory of achievement and simple grand- 
eur of character of the fast departing veteran, do honor to the 
hvmg and pluck from the perfumed gardens of memory a few 
random roses for the soldier, who died for his country ; and in 
the sanctity of a nation's love, in recognition of that Divine 
emanation from the throne of God to the soul of man, which 
makes us feel our fellow man our brother, in the broad character 
of Plim who commanded that we love one another, who glorified 
die doctrines of forgivenness and love, let us honor and cherish 
the memory of the .Vmerican soldier who fought for what he 
thought was right, whether he wore the blue or whether he wore 
the grey, there is glory enough for all, for we are Americans. 

I am. 

Very respectfully, 

F. M. BURROWS. 



52 Pennstjlvania at (Julpeper. 

I'ATKACT FR( )i\I Tl 11'. NATKJNAL TRIBUNl^ WASHING- 
TON, D. C. 

J.-liii McKlroy, Editor. 



Penns_\lv;inia ;it (Ail])c]>er. — A Splendid tribute to the dead of 
the Keystone Commonwealth. 



There is something splendidly strong' and substantial about 
everything that Pennsylvania does. There was very little of the 
showy and spectacular about her regiments during the war, as 
there is about her National Guard regiments today. They were 
strictly fighting organizations with everything subordinated to 
the main purpose of making the regiment a tremendous machine. 

The monument dedfcated last week at Culpeper, Va., to the 
Pennsylvanians who died in the many battles immediately around 
that strategic point is thoroughly characteristic of Pennsylvania. 
It is a magnificent pile of roughly hewn granite as imposing and 
enduring as the hills and mountains of the Rappahannock which 
overlook it. It will speak forever of the unostentatious but in- 
vincible strength and solidity of the people who have made the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania one of the greatest communities 
in the whole world. While the granite is massive and rough 
hewn, yet it shows an opulence of expenditure far exceeding that 
of an aggregate of many showier monuments. It is overpower- 
ing in size, surmounted by a huge ball of finely polished granite, 
and its four sides are embellished by bronze tablets bearing the 
arms of Pennsylvania, an inscription to the gallant patriots wdio 
sleep there, and a full list of the known dead. 

Equally good taste was shown in the selection of the day for 
dedication, Thursday, October 17th, was as perfect a day as \'ir- 
ginia Autumn can afiford. \'irginia can set up as fine I-'all 
weather as the earth affords. 

Governor Tener, of Pennsylvania, came from Plarrisburg on a 
special train with his staff and some 100 or more veterans, lie 
was met at Culpeper by a delegation of citizens, and the town 
was decorated with American flags in honor of the guests and 
the occasion. Governor Mann, of Virginia, arrived with some 
of his official family by another train, and extended the greet- 
ings of the Commonwealth of Virginia to her sister Common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania. 

The National Guard of Virginia was represented by the fam- 
ous Culpeper Guards, an organization more than a century old. 
and which has taken part as a body in every war in which the 



PennsyJvanin at Ciilpeper. 53 

country has engaged. It is a fine corps of young men, admirably 
drilled and commanded by Captain Slaughter, a grand-nephew 
of the owner of Slaughter Mountain, one of the names for the 
battle of Cedar Mountain, and also a grand-nephew of General 
Slaughter, who was prominent in the Confederate army. 

The exercises began at 2 o'clock in the beautiful grounds of 
the National Cemetery, with a feeling invocation by Rev. N. H. 
Holmes, D. D., Chaplain of the Department of the Potomac. 
Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald, who is an honorary member of Post 3, 
Pittsburgh, and admired and beloved by all the comrades of the 
city, who call her "Comrade Bob" sang "Tenting on the Old 
Camp Ground" in a feeling way that brought tears to the eyes 
of all, the old Confederates present being among those most 
moved. Governor William Hodges Mann of Virginia, had to 
leave on an early train to fill engagements at Boston, and his 
Secretary, Mr. Owens, delivered an address of welcome. Mr. W. 
George Hiden made an address of welcome on behalf of the citi- 
zens of Culpeper. Governor Tener responded briefly but happily 
for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Col. S. W. Hill, Presi- 
dent of the Commission, then delivered the monument to the 
Governor of Pennsylvania, when it was unveiled by Master 
Charles P. Redick. 

"Comrade Bob" and the audience then sang "The Star 
Spangled Banner" with feeling and enthusiasm. Governor 
Tener received the monument, and transferred it to a United 
States officer on behalf of the Government. Hon. Charles How- 
ard Kline, State Senator of Pennsylvania, made an excellent 
address, and General Thomas Stewart, who was present as the 
head of the Governor's staff, made a brief address of matchless 
oration and feeling. Though General Stewart was unprepared 
he could not have done better had he elaborated his speech for 
weeks. He was given the warmest congratulations by all who 
heard him. 

"Comrade Bob" sang "God be with you till we meet again," 
and the Rev. Dr. Holmes delivered the benediction. 

Too much credit cannot be given to the Pennsylvania Commis- 
sion, consisting of Comrades S. W. Hill, Chas. H. Worman, F. F. 
Rohm. They were highly complimented by the Governor for 
their good M^ork, and deserved all that they received. 
^ The monument is a magnificent w^ork of art, worthy of the 
State and her soldiers, and all the arrangements for its dedication 
were carried forward with exactness and success. Comrade 
Hill's address was in admirable taste and well delivered. 



54 Pennsylvania at Gidpeper, 



JLXTRACT FROxM THE TIMES-DISPATCH, 
RICHMOND, VA. 



P'ederal Monument at Ciilpcper. 



Ciilpcper, Va., October 26. — Governor John K. Tener, with his 
entire staff and a number of prominent officials and Federal vet- 
erans of the State of Pennsylvania were in Culpeper, Thursday 
of last week and took part in the impressive exercises which 
marked the unveiling of the monument erected by the State of 
Pennsylvania in memory of the Pennsylvania soldiers of the Civil 
War who are interred in the National Cemetery here. Governor 
William Hodges Mann was also present during the morning, but 
on account of an engagement to speak in Boston, Mass., on Fri- 
day, had to leave before the exercises began. He was repre- 
sented by his private secretary, Ben. P. Owen, of' Richmond. 
The A. P. Hill Camp of Confederate veterans, which had enter- 
tained the visiting veterans at lunch in the Masonic Hall, at- 
tended in a body as did the Culpeper Minute Men, whose bugler 
sounded "assembly" and "Taps." The program opened with 
prayer by Rev. N. H. Holmes, D. D., himself a veteran of the 
First Battalion of New York Sharp Shooters, who was in Cul- 
peper during the sixties. This was followed by "Tenting on 
the Old Camp Ground," sung by Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald, of 
Pittsburgh, who also sang several other patriotic songs during 
the program ; "The Star Spangled Banner" and "My Country 
'Tis of Thee" being among the number. In the last the whole 
audience joined in. Ben. P. Owen, who acted on behalf of Gover- 
nor Mann, made the address of welcome on behalf of Virginia. 
Attorney J. George Hiden followed with an address of welcome 
on behalf of the citizens of Culpeper, Governor Tener making 
the response to the two speeches. The president of the Monu- 
ment Commission, S. W. Hill, then made the transfer of the 
monument to the State of Pennsylvania, and the shaft was un- 
veiled by Master Charles P. Redick, of Pittsburgh, who pulled 
the cord making the four United States flags, that until then 
had been draping the tall shaft, float away to two nearby trees. 

The monument is a massive one of granite, surmounted by a 
dome, and has upon it the seal of the State of Pennsylvania and 
an appropriate inscription to the known and unknown dead, 
whom it commemorates. There is also the record of the thirty- 
seven engagements on Culpeper soil in which Pennsylvania 
troops were engaged, and a list of names of the dead as far as 
known. 



Pennsijlvania at Culpeper. 55 

Adjutant General Stewart, of Pennsylvania made a stirring 
speech in his acceptance of the monument for the State of Penn- 
sylvania, and was frequently applauded, especially in his account 
of personal experiences in Culpeper on his "other visit here, dur- 
ing the sixties." He transferred the monument to the United 
States Government. Captain C. F. Humphrey, of the War De- 
partment, acting on behalf of the Secretary of War, made a brief 
and gracious speech of acceptance. State Senator Charles How- 
ard Kline closed the program with a speech in which he made 
special mention of the kindness and courtesy the whole party 
from the North had received in Culpeper, and of their apprecia- 
tion of the same. 



EXTRACT FROM THE CULPEPER, VIRGINIA, 

EXPONENT. 
Ilufiis G. Roberts, General Manager. 



Governors Tener and Mann Attend Dedication. — Exercises 
National Cemetery here Yesterday When Monument is 
Unveiled. 



The exercises at the dedication of the handsome Monument 
erected by the State of Pennsylvania in memory of the Pennsyl- 
vania soldiers of the Civil War interred in the National Cemetery 
here, commenced at 2 P. M. yesterday. 

The cemetery under the care of Major Lorenzo Dow, was 
beautifully decorated for the occasion, a U. S. flag adorning 
every grave, the monument being veiled with four large "Old 
Glories." 

Governor John K. Tener of Pennsylvania, and a party of about 
seventy veterans and members of his staff, arrived on a special 
train in the morning. Governor Wm. Hodges Mann, of Virginia, 
and his secretary, Mr. Ben Owen, Jr., also arrived yesterday 
morning. 

The address of welcome on behalf of Virginia was made by 
Mr. Owen. The address of welcome on behalf of the citizens of 
Culpeper was made by J. G. Hiden, Esq., and Governor Tener 
responded to the address of the two Virginians. The A. P. Hill 
Camp Confederate Veterans and the Culpeper Minute Men each 
attended the exercises in a body. 



5(J Pouisi/lrdiiia at Gulpeper. 

The monument, coslinj; about $12,000 complete, bears the fol- 
lowhig- inscription : 

Pennsylvania 

Remcml)ers with solemn pride 

Her heroic Sons 

W'ho here repose in 

Known and unknown graves 

May their sacrifices be 

An inspiration to the people 

and promote Civic Virtue, Love of 

l.iberty, Peace, Prosperity 

And Happiness in all the states. 

"Dulce et decorum est 

Pro patria mori." 



EXTRACT FROM THP: CULPEPER ENTERPRISE. 

J. T. Wampler, Editor. 



Unveiling and Dedication of the Pennsylvania Monument. 



Thursday, the 17th, a special train bearing the Governor, his 
staff and a goodly number of prominent sons of the Keystone 
State arrived at Culpeper at 10 A. M. The party was met at 
the depot by an outpouring of our people under the leadership 
of Culpeper's Reception Committee, of which ex-Mayor Burrows 
was Chairman. Members of the party were driven in automo- 
biles around town, others preferred to walk leisurely and survey 
our beautiful little city. At two o'clock at the National Ceme- 
tery, around the massive monument was gathered at least one 
thousand citizens of Culpeper, who attested by their presence, 
a hearty welcome to their one time enemies. The exercises were 
opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. N. H. Holmes. He was fol- 
lowed by the sweet singer Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald, who sang 
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." Col. Owen, Gov. Mann's 
private secretary, made the address of welcome for the Governor. 
Attorney J. G. Hiden welcomed the \'isitors on behalf of the citi- 
zens of Culpeper. Gov. Tener, of Pennsylvania, responded to 
the cordial welcome extended alike by the Mother of States and 
her child, the town of Culpeper. The monument was then un- 
veiled, and presented to the Governor of Pennsylvania, who in 
turn transferred it to the U. S. Government. Adj. General 
Stewart made the presentation address which proved the feature 
of the occasion. 



FeiDisylvditia at Citlpeper. 57 

General Stewart is a veteran of the Civil War, and like most 
brave men, he appreciates the valor of those who opposed him 
on the field of battle. His remarks were eulogistic of his one 
time foes, and he expressed his appreciation of the loyal welcome 
the Southland now extends to those wdio live north of Mason 
and Dixons line. In fact the speakers convinced their hearers 
that the spirit of universal brotherhood permeates throughout 
our united country. That sectionalism has given away under the 
pressure of fraternal fellowship. The unveiling was a happy 
occasion. 

Mrs. J. Sharp McDonald is due special mention, hers ^^^s the 
most attractive and enjoyable feature of the interesting occasion. 
Her sweet voice w^ill long be remembered by the people of Cul- 
peper. 

Another feature of the unveiling which greatly pleased our 
people was the presence of Dr. Laurence Wilson, of Washington, 
D. C. The doctor has many friends in Culpeper who look for his 
presence on all such occasions and would be greatly disappointed 
if they failed to see his familiar figure. 

There was but one disappointment during the entire trip. It 
was the inability of Hon. W. Hodges Mann, Governor of Vir- 
ginia, to remain at Culpeper to participate in the dedicatory 
exercises. He arrived from Richmond a few minutes after the 
Pennsylvania Special had taken the siding and in the style that 
has characterized the Old Dominion for its unstinted hospitality 
bade the visitors a hearty welcome to his native heath. 

After lunching with his guest, Governor Tener, tlie Chief 
Executive left for the North to keep a previous engagement. 

Hon. Ben Owen, Jr., private secretary to Governor Mann, was 
deputized to speak in his stead. With the oratory of a Southern 
gentleman he carried his listeners back to the early days of this 
country, dwelled upon the trials and tribulations of his state and 
nation and in conclusion elucidated upon the Keystone state and 
extended the felicitations of his fellow citizens to their visitors. 



58 



PriDisi/lrdiiid (I I Culpcper 



Till'. CUIJM':1M':R, X'lRCilNlA, MONUMENT C( )MM1SSTC)N 
OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



In account wiili the Commonwealth of Pennsvhania. 



Dr. 

Tilly 18, 1910. To warrant $59 45 

April 13, 1910, " " 73 30 

Mav 25, 1910, " " 138 20 

Aug. 3, 1910, " " 97 72 

April 11.1911, " " 68 34 

Tune 5.1911, " " 14 30 

Oct. 18. 1911, " " 22 04 

Dec. 6,1911, " " 7 05 

May 17, 1912, " " 96 58 

Tuly 11,1912, " " 19 85 

Aug. 5,1912, " " 53 14 

Sept. 27, 1912, " " 7,006 65 

Oct. 3, 1912, " " 69 43 

Oct. 16, 1912, " " 49 82 

Nov. 25,1912, " " • ........ ' 150 60 



Cr. 

By vouchers filed : 

Expenses of Commissioners, . . . 
Advertising for proposals, ...... 

Printing invitations etc., 

Photos, Water Color drawing, etc. 
Sundries, postage, express, legal, 
telegrams, phone service, etc., . 
Smith Granite Company, 



$621 48 
69 45 
82 90 
43 25 


109 39 
7,000 00 



$7,926 47 $7,926 47 



Unexpended balance of appropriation, $73.53. 

CHAS. H. WORMAN, 

Treasurer. 



Pcnmylvania at Culjicper. 59 

APPENDIX. 



The names of the soldiers of the 46th and 111th Penna. Vol. 
Infantry who were killed in the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., 
Aug. 9th, 1862, or died of their wounds shortly afterwards are 
appended here. They fill some of the unknown graves in the 
Culpeper National Cemetery. The Q. M. General's Department, 
U. S. A., in charge of National Cemetery refused to have their 
names inscribed on the monument because they could not be 
identified. — The Commission. 



Forty-Sixth Pennsylvania \'oluntcer Infantry. 

iMembers of this regiment killed at the battle of Cedar Moun- 
tain, Va., and buried on the field in unknown graves Auo- 9t]i 
1862. ' "■ 

Company A. 

Scott, William T., Corporal. 
Baker, Ephraim, Private. 
Cowden, William, Private. 
Hillins, Henry, Private. 
Spiece, William, Private. 



Company B. 

Rollings, Henry, Private. 
Sende, Henry B., Private. 

Company C. 

Wilson, Robert, Second Lieutenant. 
Brown, Wallace, Private. 
Bellis, William, Private. 

Richard, John A., Private, died of wounds received in action 
August 9th, 1862. 

Weisman, Lewis, Private. 



('){) ['cimsi/lv(ini(i (il Vidpcpci-. 

C'()ni|>ai)\ 1^. 

Dm-rcll, (■- >o.. Seri;l. 

I.Mie, Tlionias. (!ic<l of wounds received at C'edav Mountain, 
\'a. ' 

Company V.. 

Jones. Samuel V.., I'rivale. 
St. C"lair. jolm R., ['ri\a'.e 
Houk, Augustus, r'ri\ate. 
W'iler, CJottfried, Pri\ate. 
Wentzel, Amos, Private. 

Company F. 

Camj)i)ell, James II.. I'rivate. 
Davis, James, Private. 
Stettlcr, William, Private. 

Company G. 

KoI)l)ins, William, died of wounds, August 17th, 1862, received 
at Cedar JNJountain, \'a. 

McDermott, Patrick, killed. 
Welsh, Cdiarles, killed. 



Company H. 



Raker. David P... Private. 
Dcramir, John P.. I'ri\ate. 
Yoeman, l^ewis IP, Pri^■ate. 



Company I — None. 



Company K. 



Caldwell, William P., 1st Lieut. 
Haas, James PL, Pri\ate. 

Coder, John A.. died of wounds received at Cedar Mountain, 
September 19th, 1862. 



Peiuisijlvania at Culiicpcr. 61 

VVorkoski, Mathias, died at Culpeper, date unknown, of wounds 
received August 9th, 1862, at Cedar Mountain, Va. 
Fittsworth, Alfred, killed, Cedar Alountain, Va. 
Erfels, Jeremiah, killed. Cedar Mountain, Va. 

One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers. 

List of names of meml)ers of the Regiment killed at the battle 
of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9th, 1862. 

(Taken from Bates' History.) 

Company B. 
McClellan, William, Private. 

Company C. 

Sedgwick, E. V., Corporal. 

Bateman, Joseph S., Pri\ate. died of wounds received at Cedar 
Mountain. Va.., August 9th 1862. 

Company D. 
Shutt, James T., 1st Sergt. 

Company E. 
Bolster, PTenry J., Corporal. 

Company F. 

Bogne, George. Private, died August 12th. 1862. of wounds re- 
ceived at Cedar Mountain \'a., August 9th, 1862. 

Company PL 

Moritz, John, Private, died of wounds, with loss of leg. re- 
ceived at Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9th, 1862. 

Company K. 
Snc-rvin. William. Private. 



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